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Maryland Lawmaker Proposes Ban on Firearms for People on Terrorism Watch Lists
Maryland is at least the second state pursing a ban on firearm sales to people on the federal terrorism watch lists.
Maryland is at least the second state pursing a ban on firearm sales to people on the federal terrorism watch lists.
Connecticut is about to become the first state to ban people on the federal no-fly list from buying guns, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced today.
The San Bernardino couple responsible for the massacre that killed 14 people at a holiday party may have been planning an attack for years.
Encrypted communications are making it difficult for federal investigators to detect terrorism, FBI Director James Comey told a Senate committee on Wednesday.
The California couple that opened fire at a holiday lunch party in San Bernardino “were radicalized and have been for quite some time,” an FBI official said.
Congressional Republicans blocked an effort to prevent suspected terrorists on the federal government’s database from buying guns.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The terrorism advisory system is being modified to reflect a “new phase” in the global fight against extremism, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday, the Washington Post reports. The current National Terrorism Advisory System, which was launched in 2011, has two levels – elevated throated and imminent threat. But Johnson, citing new…
Speaking from the Oval Office for only the third time, President Obama told Americans that the U.S. is prepared to combat the “evolving” threat of terrorism.